ARTICLES ABOUT CLEARANCE BY DATE - PAGE 5

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the withdrawal of a clearance given by Ministry of Environment and Forests to Kerala Government for conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment for constructing a new Mullaperiyar dam. The Standing Committee of National Board for Wildlife has given its consent to a proposal by Kerala Government for conducting an EIA study for...

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh government will set up an Economic Development Board (EDB) to oversee sector-wise clearances for industries. The Board will act as a single-desk clearance mechanism to ensure faster clearances for land, incentives and other benefits to industries, an official release said. The decision to set up EDB was taken at a high-level meeting of the State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu here late last night.

NEW DELHI: Government is looking at the possibility of putting in place all clearances for 112 mines before they are auctioned in the second phase, so that they fetch higher revenue for the exchequer, a top official said today. "We are toying with the idea whether we can first get clearances of the coal blocks (around 112 mines) and then hand them over," Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said at an interactive session organised by industry body Assocham. The cleared blocks will fetch the government more money, he added.

NEW DELHI: India's mining sector is on the verge of shutting down in two months, industry bodies warned the government, citing an onerous forest clearance requirement imposed by the former UPA government's controversial environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan that would force all mines to cease operations. "By February 2015, everything would come to a standstill," president of the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries H Noor Ahmed told ET, hoping for urgent action from the government to rescue the already troubled sector, which has contracted in the past three years.

HYDERABAD: The Telangana government has announced a new industrial policy, claiming it to be the world's first to ensure the right to timely clearances through legislation and holding officials responsible for delays. The policy prescribes a single common application form for all clearances to be accorded by a nodal agency within 15 days for mega projects akin to the Singapore Economic Development Board. The policy encourages industrial applicants to seek self certification but makes them liable for penal action in case of fraud.

NEW DELHI: A high-level panel has recommended environment clearance, with some riders, for the expansion of mining project of CIL's arm, Western Coalfields Ltd , in Maharashtra. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) "after detailed deliberations, recommended for granting EC (Environment Clearance) with...specific conditions", according to an official document. The conditions are that rain water harvesting and other facilities should be created for ground water recharge, no bore well should be made close to the mine and plantation of certain species should be avoided and only native plant species be planted, the document said.

VADODARA: The Western Railway is awaiting clearance from the Commissioner of Railway Safety , for running trains on this high-speed corridor at 130 kmph which will help cut down travel time by atleast 30 minutes. Talking to PTI, Hemant Kumar, General Manager of Western Railway said, "the Western Railway has already carried out successful trials to run trains on the corridor at 130 kmph. We are waiting for the clearance from Commissioner of Railway Safety, after which some trains can run at this speed.

MUMBAI: Maharashtra government will create a " e-platform " to monitor the movement of files related to setting up of new industries and investment in the state, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced here today. Addressing a delegation of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) that met him to convey the expectations of the trade and industry from the new government, Fadnavis said the proposed interface will facilitate quick approval of applications for setting up industries in an effective and transparent manner.

NEW DELHI: A new face-off is brewing in West Bengal between the BJP and Trinamool Congress government in the state, with the saffron party ready to move court to get administrative clearance for its November 30 rally at Dharmatala in Kolkata, where party president Amit Shah is set to address a crowd. State unit president Rahul Sinha told ETthat despite making at least four written representations to the city police, permission has been denied to the BJP. "When all parties have held rallies on that ground, even an organisation like the Jamat-Ulema-e-Hind has been given permission to hold meetings there, why not the BJP?"

NEW DELHI: The ministry of road transport and highways wants environmental clearances for its projects in states along the border to be handled by the state governments concerned to avoid a pile-up of files at the Centre, or an exemption from green clearances in such cases, to speed up projects. "If the government wants it can provide such an exemption," a senior ministry official said, pointing out that the previous BJP-led NDA government had relaxed the norms for roads within 100 km of the international border.